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Saturday, November 3, 2007
Friday, November 2, 2007
a mind is a terrible thing to waste
"But it's also a time of war for our country. I wish I did not have to report that, but it's the truth. It's the way it is in the world in which we live."--Dumbya, today
Yes, you're right, and do you know why? YOU STARTED THE WAR! YOU!! Uh, did you forget that? Is there ANYTHING in your head?
It's the way it is in the world in which we live (whew...) because of the idiot who contructed that sentence.
Also, go phokk yourself.
Yes, you're right, and do you know why? YOU STARTED THE WAR! YOU!! Uh, did you forget that? Is there ANYTHING in your head?
It's the way it is in the world in which we live (whew...) because of the idiot who contructed that sentence.
Also, go phokk yourself.
Chicago: Da City Dat Sucks
Let's see: the Cubs suck, the White Sox suck, the Bears suck, the CTA sucks, Da Mare sucks, the weather sucks, Skilly sucks, Blago sucks, Northwestern sucks, NIU TOTALLY SUCKS, both newspapers suck, the Reader's redesign sucks, the deep dish pizza sucks, no Smiff (that sucks), [fill in your own], and now it's clear that da Bulls also suck.
Philadelphia 96
Chicago 85
Final
Philadelphia 96
Chicago 85
Final
Sean Hannity: morally bankrupt or morally degenerate?
Halloween Is Teaching Your Kids To Be Liberal
Just when you think they can’t possibly become a bigger cariacature than they are, FOX News has declared a “War on Halloween.” Seriously.
HANNITY: By the way, Halloween is a liberal holiday, because we're teaching our children --
COLMES: Oh, come on. Please.
HANNITY: -- to beg for something for free.
RIVERA: Do you notice I wore my costume? I wore my mustache tonight.
Hey Sean, if you don't want to give candy away to begging kids, don't open the door. Or better yet, open the door and then slam it in their snot-nosed faces, just like Republican Party does. Also, tell them to get off your goddamn property. I'm with ya Sean, i hate kids, too. And if you really want to see some begging, check out Christmas. But then, that is a liberal holiday. Jesus's birfday--you know, the biggest liberal of all-time. Why, he would even forgive a gigantic phokking @sshole like Sean Hannity and his complete lack of Judeo-Christian values. Not me though, i hope you burn in hell for all eternity...
Instead of where his heart should be, Sean Hannity has a burning paper bag filled with shit.
Just when you think they can’t possibly become a bigger cariacature than they are, FOX News has declared a “War on Halloween.” Seriously.
HANNITY: By the way, Halloween is a liberal holiday, because we're teaching our children --
COLMES: Oh, come on. Please.
HANNITY: -- to beg for something for free.
RIVERA: Do you notice I wore my costume? I wore my mustache tonight.
Hey Sean, if you don't want to give candy away to begging kids, don't open the door. Or better yet, open the door and then slam it in their snot-nosed faces, just like Republican Party does. Also, tell them to get off your goddamn property. I'm with ya Sean, i hate kids, too. And if you really want to see some begging, check out Christmas. But then, that is a liberal holiday. Jesus's birfday--you know, the biggest liberal of all-time. Why, he would even forgive a gigantic phokking @sshole like Sean Hannity and his complete lack of Judeo-Christian values. Not me though, i hope you burn in hell for all eternity...
Instead of where his heart should be, Sean Hannity has a burning paper bag filled with shit.
next in line if/when Mitt-fer-brainzz and Ru(9/11)dy flame out: annudder idiot
Huckabee's Belief in Adam and Eve
Mike Huckabee’s views on how life began came up again in a recent interview the Republican candidate had with Bill O’Reilly, a talk-show host on Fox News.
According to this account in The Washington Post, Mr. Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas, told Mr. O’Reilly he has no reason to doubt that Adam and Eve were real people. He also reiterated that, even though he is not sure of the details of how it unfolded, he does believe God created humans.
...
The item quotes Bill Maher, a talk-show host on HBO, who argued in an interview with Mr. Huckabee that the topic was relevant: “If someone believes that the earth is 6,000 years old, when every scientist in the world knows it’s billions of years old, why shouldn’t I take that into account when I’m assessing the rationality of someone I’m going to put in the highest office in the land?”
The Post also looks at how Dennis J. Kucinich’s comments this week about having an encounter with a UFO may or may not fit into this discussion.
Mike Huckabee’s views on how life began came up again in a recent interview the Republican candidate had with Bill O’Reilly, a talk-show host on Fox News.
According to this account in The Washington Post, Mr. Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas, told Mr. O’Reilly he has no reason to doubt that Adam and Eve were real people. He also reiterated that, even though he is not sure of the details of how it unfolded, he does believe God created humans.
...
The item quotes Bill Maher, a talk-show host on HBO, who argued in an interview with Mr. Huckabee that the topic was relevant: “If someone believes that the earth is 6,000 years old, when every scientist in the world knows it’s billions of years old, why shouldn’t I take that into account when I’m assessing the rationality of someone I’m going to put in the highest office in the land?”
The Post also looks at how Dennis J. Kucinich’s comments this week about having an encounter with a UFO may or may not fit into this discussion.
s#i+ blowing up?
This is just south of campus...probably eider a HYOOOGE @SS bomb or, more likely, a hubcap.
Suspicious Device Discovery Prompts I-5 Closure
SAN DIEGO -- The California Highway Patrol ordered the closure of northbound and southbound Interstate 5 near Nobel Drive due to the discovery of a suspicious device.
The device was found on the side of the road near Nobel Drive, according to the CHP.
San Diego police are at the scene and conducting an investigation.
Suspicious Device Discovery Prompts I-5 Closure
SAN DIEGO -- The California Highway Patrol ordered the closure of northbound and southbound Interstate 5 near Nobel Drive due to the discovery of a suspicious device.
The device was found on the side of the road near Nobel Drive, according to the CHP.
San Diego police are at the scene and conducting an investigation.
dere is annudder half-baked, temporary, half-@ssed, sort of expensive now, really calamitous later, non-solution directly behind dis one
CTA doomsday cuts averted - for now
Nov. 02, 2007
(Crain’s) — Doomsday is off — at least for now.
That was the word Friday afternoon as an unexpected source rode to the rescue of Chicago area public transit users: da fed'ral gubmint.
The Federal Transit Administration, an agency which provides grants to local governments and states, authorized the state of Illinois to transfer $21 million in unallocated funds to the Chicago Transit Authority.
CTA Chairwoman Carole Brown had indicated earlier today that the money would be accepted and would be sufficient to allow the CTA to put off sharp service cuts and fare hikes that had been scheduled to take place on Sunday.
Ms. Brown said the money would hold the CTA until the end of the year, giving state lawmakers more time to come up with a long-term solution to the region's transit funding problems...
Nov. 02, 2007
(Crain’s) — Doomsday is off — at least for now.
That was the word Friday afternoon as an unexpected source rode to the rescue of Chicago area public transit users: da fed'ral gubmint.
The Federal Transit Administration, an agency which provides grants to local governments and states, authorized the state of Illinois to transfer $21 million in unallocated funds to the Chicago Transit Authority.
CTA Chairwoman Carole Brown had indicated earlier today that the money would be accepted and would be sufficient to allow the CTA to put off sharp service cuts and fare hikes that had been scheduled to take place on Sunday.
Ms. Brown said the money would hold the CTA until the end of the year, giving state lawmakers more time to come up with a long-term solution to the region's transit funding problems...
they must know he's one of Decker's...
According to Tracy Ringolsby*, the Giants have "let it be known that Tim Lincecum, their No. 1 pick in 2006, can be had for a quality bat."
Hmmm, unless it's Miguel Cabrera, this would be an incredibly stupid thing to do. Of course, this is Brian Sabean* we're dealing with (see ridiculous Barry Zito signing), so anything possible. Cabrera might be too young for Sabean - maybe he could get Moises Alou back from the Mets? What's Willie McCovey up to (they have his cove right there in right field!). Meanwhile, he's considering bringing Omar Vizquel back for not one, but two years...
*moron
Hmmm, unless it's Miguel Cabrera, this would be an incredibly stupid thing to do. Of course, this is Brian Sabean* we're dealing with (see ridiculous Barry Zito signing), so anything possible. Cabrera might be too young for Sabean - maybe he could get Moises Alou back from the Mets? What's Willie McCovey up to (they have his cove right there in right field!). Meanwhile, he's considering bringing Omar Vizquel back for not one, but two years...
*moron
how idiots go to war
By listening to dimwit phokks like Curveball and believing them (or pretending to).
Culture of Bulls#i+
Media outlets uncritically reported White House claim that it does not "employ" fake reporting
Perino said of the conference, "It is not a practice that we would employ here at the White House and we certainly don't condone it."
Perino said of the conference, "It is not a practice that we would employ here at the White House and we certainly don't condone it."
Seeking LoC opinions
Kerry Wood should get interest as a free agent
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 7:42 am EDT
Kerry Wood's fastball hit 98 mph toward the end of the season, and he was unscored on in 18 of 22 appearances. Now, with additional rest for his rehabbed shoulder, Wood's arm strength appears to give him the option of starting or relieving in 2008. But will it be for the Chicago Cubs?
Wood could be a hot commodity, and with Joe Girardi now managing the New York Yankees, Wood could be wearing Yankee pinstripes if he leaves the Cubs. Other teams that figure to be interested include the Texas Rangers, Houston Astros, Arizona Diamondbacks, the Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds, now managed by his former Cubs skipper, Dusty Baker.
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 7:42 am EDT
Kerry Wood's fastball hit 98 mph toward the end of the season, and he was unscored on in 18 of 22 appearances. Now, with additional rest for his rehabbed shoulder, Wood's arm strength appears to give him the option of starting or relieving in 2008. But will it be for the Chicago Cubs?
Wood could be a hot commodity, and with Joe Girardi now managing the New York Yankees, Wood could be wearing Yankee pinstripes if he leaves the Cubs. Other teams that figure to be interested include the Texas Rangers, Houston Astros, Arizona Diamondbacks, the Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds, now managed by his former Cubs skipper, Dusty Baker.
America concedes defeat, civilization grinds to a halt, all is lost, etc. (cont'd)
Temporary change in execution policy in Texas
Texas’ largest county, Harris, in the Houston area, leads the nation in carrying out death sentences, but the county’s chief prosecutor said on Thursday that his office will withdraw all execution dates and seek no more until the Supreme Court rules in a pending case on lethal injections.
Texas’ largest county, Harris, in the Houston area, leads the nation in carrying out death sentences, but the county’s chief prosecutor said on Thursday that his office will withdraw all execution dates and seek no more until the Supreme Court rules in a pending case on lethal injections.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Make up your mind...
Dumbya previously:
“I don’t know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don’t care. It’s not that important. It’s not our priority.”
“I don’t know where he is. I’ll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him.”
“Deep in my heart I know the man’s on the run, if he’s alive at all…I just don’t spend much time on it, really, to be honest with you.”
And who disbanded the CIA unit dedicated to finding bin Laden?
“I don’t know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don’t care. It’s not that important. It’s not our priority.”
“I don’t know where he is. I’ll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him.”
“Deep in my heart I know the man’s on the run, if he’s alive at all…I just don’t spend much time on it, really, to be honest with you.”
And who disbanded the CIA unit dedicated to finding bin Laden?
Dumbya today:
“Some in Washington should spend more time responding to the warnings of terrorists like Osama bin Laden, and the requests of our commanders on the ground, and less time responding to the demands of MoveOn.org bloggers and Code Pink protesters.”
Dumbya all-the-time:
Shocking! Dumbya plays the Nazi card AGAIN...
Of course, no one has done more to fan the tarrist flames than the @$$HOLE-FULLA$#itter-in-Chief
Bush slams Democrats on terror
President Bush compares Congress' Democratic leaders with people who ignored the rise of Lenin and Hitler early in the last century, saying "the world paid a terrible price" then and risks similar consequences today.
Bush slams Democrats on terror
President Bush compares Congress' Democratic leaders with people who ignored the rise of Lenin and Hitler early in the last century, saying "the world paid a terrible price" then and risks similar consequences today.
Expect Delays
CTA Doomsday still looming. Dere's a protest (or celebration) scheduled for Monday. Somewhere. But the Fungster may be on vaca by then...
Anudder Sarge Hero Bites the dust
Tennis: Hingis fails drug test
And it wasn't even a performance enhancing one.
Also, wasn't Wimbledon in like June/July? Whitey's drug results always seem to come out like months later, when they've had a chance to make more money, put their affairs in order etc. And when they (finally) catch whitey, he appeals and gets to keep his title and money while they go through all those appeals. Darky has to go in front of the camera and cry her eyes out about how she "deceived" everyone. Even returns her medals before "officially" being asked to.
Anudder Similar case - George Ryan. He gets to make his appeals from home. Darky gets to make his appeals from jail.
And it wasn't even a performance enhancing one.
Also, wasn't Wimbledon in like June/July? Whitey's drug results always seem to come out like months later, when they've had a chance to make more money, put their affairs in order etc. And when they (finally) catch whitey, he appeals and gets to keep his title and money while they go through all those appeals. Darky has to go in front of the camera and cry her eyes out about how she "deceived" everyone. Even returns her medals before "officially" being asked to.
Anudder Similar case - George Ryan. He gets to make his appeals from home. Darky gets to make his appeals from jail.
Republican hypocrites sure know how to have fun
Crossdressing Republican Lawmaker Admits Sexual Encounter With Male Escort
The police report contains an account of how Curtis allegedly donned women’s clothing, red stockings and a black sequined lingerie top before engaging in a sex act at the store. He then continued to wear them throughout the night under his clothing, the report says.
No pearls with that outfit?
The police report contains an account of how Curtis allegedly donned women’s clothing, red stockings and a black sequined lingerie top before engaging in a sex act at the store. He then continued to wear them throughout the night under his clothing, the report says.
No pearls with that outfit?
$#!+ for lunch
Literally...
Excrement curry wife admonished
Sheriff Susan Sinclair said her behaviour could have resulted in "extremely unpleasant consequences".
Excrement curry wife admonished
Sheriff Susan Sinclair said her behaviour could have resulted in "extremely unpleasant consequences".
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
add this to Bud Selig's neverending list of idiocies
Carlos Silva, who could command north of $32 million for four years as a free agent this winter, won't net the Twins any compensation under the newly unveiled Elias rankings. The same goes for Kyle Lohse and the Phillies. We've railed against them for years and we'll do it again: the Elias rankings are a complete joke and it's in everyone's best interests to base free-agent compensation off another system. It's ludicrous that Silva and Lohse don't qualify, yet Troy Percival, who pitched 40 innings during the two years the rankings cover, is a Type B free agent, meaning he could net the Cardinals a supplemental first-round pick. One more example of the idiocy: Robinson Cano and Mike Lowell are rated above Alex Rodriguez among infielders (A-Rod is still a Type A, of course).
Huskies peaking at #3 in the nation
The Bottom 10 Weekly breakdown of college football's 10 most underachieving teams.
But can they surge past Florida Intl. and Utah State for the coveted top spot?
But can they surge past Florida Intl. and Utah State for the coveted top spot?
dere is anudder corner directly around dis one
"Have we turned a corner? It might be a little too early to say that," he said. "It's certainly encouraging."
I am shocked--SHOCKED!
‘The Most Dangerous Dam in the World’
U.S. officials are aware of the disaster-waiting-to-happen, and initiated a $27 million reconstruction project to help shore up the dam. So what happened? “Incompetence and mismanagement” have marred the project.
U.S. officials are aware of the disaster-waiting-to-happen, and initiated a $27 million reconstruction project to help shore up the dam. So what happened? “Incompetence and mismanagement” have marred the project.
compassionate conservatism: an example
G-Dumb after visiting with wounded veterans from the Amputee Care Center of Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio on 1/1/06:
"As you can possibly see, I have an injury myself--not here at the hospital, but in combat with a cedar. I eventually won. The cedar gave me a little scratch."
"As you can possibly see, I have an injury myself--not here at the hospital, but in combat with a cedar. I eventually won. The cedar gave me a little scratch."
Clear Channel trying to kill The Boss's new album
unClear Channel refuses to play Bruce’s new album
Not that i've ever been a Springsteen fan, but if a conglomerate (monopoly in some markets) that owns 1,100 radio staions nationwide refuses to play the #1 album in U.S. America, how is that not censorship?
Who'll be the last to die for a mistake
The last to die for a mistake
Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break
Who'll be the last to die
Who'll be the last to die for a mistake
The last to die for a mistake
Darlin' your tyrants and kings fall to the same fate
Strung up at your city gates
And you're the last to die for a mistake
Not that i've ever been a Springsteen fan, but if a conglomerate (monopoly in some markets) that owns 1,100 radio staions nationwide refuses to play the #1 album in U.S. America, how is that not censorship?
Who'll be the last to die for a mistake
The last to die for a mistake
Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break
Who'll be the last to die
Who'll be the last to die for a mistake
The last to die for a mistake
Darlin' your tyrants and kings fall to the same fate
Strung up at your city gates
And you're the last to die for a mistake
K-Mad's Dream Job
*Assistant Professor/Government Documents Librarian*
Mississippi State University Libraries
Mississippi State University Libraries seek enthusiastic, innovative, dynamic, user-oriented and technologically knowledgeable applicants for the tenure-track, entry-level faculty position of Assistant Professor/Government Documents Librarian. This position will be one of a five-member team responsible for the Government Documents, Microforms, and Current Journals Area which strives to provide complete service and accessibility to its collections. The Government Documents Librarian will collaborate with team members to ensure the effective delivery of user services, including reference, instruction, outreach, and collection management in an information- and technology-intensive environment. Successful candidate will work closely with and report to the Coordinator of Government Documents, Microforms, and Current Journals.
*Environment:* Located in Starkville, Mississippi; Mississippi State University is a land grant institution and the largest state supported university in Mississippi. The MSU Libraries have university administrative support for attaining membership in the Association of Research Libraries by adding excellent new faculty and providing its communities of users an ongoing creative, technologically advanced library program. More information about MSU and the libraries may be found at http://library.msstate.edu/.
*Benefits:* Excellent benefits package. Faculty rank, privileges and responsibilities; 12-month appointment.
*Rank and Salary:* Assistant Professor, (entry-level) $38,000 - $40,000 or commensurate with experience.
Mississippi State University Libraries
Mississippi State University Libraries seek enthusiastic, innovative, dynamic, user-oriented and technologically knowledgeable applicants for the tenure-track, entry-level faculty position of Assistant Professor/Government Documents Librarian. This position will be one of a five-member team responsible for the Government Documents, Microforms, and Current Journals Area which strives to provide complete service and accessibility to its collections. The Government Documents Librarian will collaborate with team members to ensure the effective delivery of user services, including reference, instruction, outreach, and collection management in an information- and technology-intensive environment. Successful candidate will work closely with and report to the Coordinator of Government Documents, Microforms, and Current Journals.
*Environment:* Located in Starkville, Mississippi; Mississippi State University is a land grant institution and the largest state supported university in Mississippi. The MSU Libraries have university administrative support for attaining membership in the Association of Research Libraries by adding excellent new faculty and providing its communities of users an ongoing creative, technologically advanced library program. More information about MSU and the libraries may be found at http://library.msstate.edu/.
*Benefits:* Excellent benefits package. Faculty rank, privileges and responsibilities; 12-month appointment.
*Rank and Salary:* Assistant Professor, (entry-level) $38,000 - $40,000 or commensurate with experience.
Smiff, King of All Chicago Media (cont'd)
Today's QT Today
Don't forget the torture chamber
W.S., an Evanston reader, regarding the architect of the George W. Bush Presidential Library saying the building must incorporate the "spirit" of the Bush presidency, writes:
"Besides your suggestion of the need for a huge facade, the building would have no public entrance. The private entrance might offer a copy of the Constitution as its doormat . . ."
Or Michael Smith, a San Diego, Calif., reader, suggests a grand fireplace filled with burning memos.
Or . . .
Don't forget the torture chamber
W.S., an Evanston reader, regarding the architect of the George W. Bush Presidential Library saying the building must incorporate the "spirit" of the Bush presidency, writes:
"Besides your suggestion of the need for a huge facade, the building would have no public entrance. The private entrance might offer a copy of the Constitution as its doormat . . ."
Or Michael Smith, a San Diego, Calif., reader, suggests a grand fireplace filled with burning memos.
Or . . .
supermassive matter-devouring things in the news
I gotta gets wunna dese
Using new techniques for peering into the dusty heart of the galaxy, Ghez's observations proved that scores of stars were rapidly orbiting what could only be a black hole. But it wasn't the kind of garden-variety black hole created when a star explodes and dies; it was hundreds of thousands of times as powerful -- a "supermassive" black hole, as they are now known...
It also appears that these cosmic monsters -- which can "eat" stars whole -- are key to understanding how galaxies were formed and are still being formed today...
Black holes appear, for instance, to be both creators and destroyers -- swallowing stars or gases that come too close while also spewing out jets of super-high-energy particles and radiation generated by this violent feeding process. The jets, which can be millions of light-years in length, are believed to seed galaxies with the mass and energy that will, in time, become new stars and perhaps even planets.
Using new techniques for peering into the dusty heart of the galaxy, Ghez's observations proved that scores of stars were rapidly orbiting what could only be a black hole. But it wasn't the kind of garden-variety black hole created when a star explodes and dies; it was hundreds of thousands of times as powerful -- a "supermassive" black hole, as they are now known...
It also appears that these cosmic monsters -- which can "eat" stars whole -- are key to understanding how galaxies were formed and are still being formed today...
Black holes appear, for instance, to be both creators and destroyers -- swallowing stars or gases that come too close while also spewing out jets of super-high-energy particles and radiation generated by this violent feeding process. The jets, which can be millions of light-years in length, are believed to seed galaxies with the mass and energy that will, in time, become new stars and perhaps even planets.
today's fun fact
15 percent of Austin, TX adults are bloggers, the highest rate in the nation, I mean, Nation.
something so totally stooopendous-sounding it's amazing nobody ever thought of it before
Home TV begins Nov. 11 vs. Wings
"We will deliver the experience of what it's like to be at a Blackhawk game at the United Center with live, on-site coverage during the pre- and postgame shows, locker-room access and player interviews, on-ice in-game player access and a number of additional elements fans will certainly appreciate," Corno said. "Chicago sports fans are in for a television experience like never before."
Wow! All this happens at a hockey game? Who knew?
New Hawks chairman Rocky Wirtz said the club is "entering a new era." *
* The 1960s?
"We will deliver the experience of what it's like to be at a Blackhawk game at the United Center with live, on-site coverage during the pre- and postgame shows, locker-room access and player interviews, on-ice in-game player access and a number of additional elements fans will certainly appreciate," Corno said. "Chicago sports fans are in for a television experience like never before."
Wow! All this happens at a hockey game? Who knew?
New Hawks chairman Rocky Wirtz said the club is "entering a new era." *
* The 1960s?
Motive Found
Apparently whitey is keeping darky down so that whitey can "rescue" the children...
Charges brought in Chad child row
In pictures: Chad abduction row
Profile: Zoe's Ark
Ordeal of Chad children
Of course, before this debacle, there was Madonna & Angelina, going to Africa & rescuing children. On a flight out of Ethiopia, I saw no less than 4 white couples with young black children that it looked like they had adopted. I'm pretty sure that was before Angelina went there (and adopted what's her name, she may have been there before of course).
It won't be long before these kids are dominating all sports in da west. Oh, wait...
Charges brought in Chad child row
In pictures: Chad abduction row
Profile: Zoe's Ark
Ordeal of Chad children
Of course, before this debacle, there was Madonna & Angelina, going to Africa & rescuing children. On a flight out of Ethiopia, I saw no less than 4 white couples with young black children that it looked like they had adopted. I'm pretty sure that was before Angelina went there (and adopted what's her name, she may have been there before of course).
It won't be long before these kids are dominating all sports in da west. Oh, wait...
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
now off the menu in L.A. : squirrel fricassee*
Grady Little "resigns" as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
*3800 google hits (now 3801)
SQUIRREL FRICASSEE
2 dressed young squirrels (2 lbs.)
1 1/2 tsp. salt
Pepper
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 - 3/4 cup water
1 1/2 cups milk
1 tsp. grated onion (optional)
Wipe squirrel thoroughly with a damp cloth. Remove any hair and scent glands. Examine carefully to locate imbedded shot and remove with a sharp pointed knife. Wash thoroughly inside and out in warm water. Drain well and cut into serving pieces. (Never wash after cutting up.) Combine salt, pepper, and flour. Dredge meat and coat well. Heat shortening in a heavy skillet; brown meat slowly on all sides to a rich brown (about 15 minutes). Add 1/4 cup of water; cover tightly; reduce heat and simmer gently until tender (about 30 minutes). Add remaining water as needed.
Squirrel should be very tender when done. Remove squirrel to a hot platter; cover and keep hot. Blend any leftover seasoned flour into the fat remaining in skillet. Add milk gradually and cook until gravy boils and thickens, stirring constantly. Serve at once with squirrel. Add the grated onion for additional flavor, if desired. 4 servings.
*3800 google hits (now 3801)
SQUIRREL FRICASSEE
2 dressed young squirrels (2 lbs.)
1 1/2 tsp. salt
Pepper
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 - 3/4 cup water
1 1/2 cups milk
1 tsp. grated onion (optional)
Wipe squirrel thoroughly with a damp cloth. Remove any hair and scent glands. Examine carefully to locate imbedded shot and remove with a sharp pointed knife. Wash thoroughly inside and out in warm water. Drain well and cut into serving pieces. (Never wash after cutting up.) Combine salt, pepper, and flour. Dredge meat and coat well. Heat shortening in a heavy skillet; brown meat slowly on all sides to a rich brown (about 15 minutes). Add 1/4 cup of water; cover tightly; reduce heat and simmer gently until tender (about 30 minutes). Add remaining water as needed.
Squirrel should be very tender when done. Remove squirrel to a hot platter; cover and keep hot. Blend any leftover seasoned flour into the fat remaining in skillet. Add milk gradually and cook until gravy boils and thickens, stirring constantly. Serve at once with squirrel. Add the grated onion for additional flavor, if desired. 4 servings.
Has Kill Kenny lost his mind?
Helloooooo...INTANGIBLES!...VETERAN PRESENCE!...DOING THE LITTLE THINGS!
White Sox declined outfielder Darin Erstad's $3.5 million club option for 2008. Some upgrade over Brian Anderson that Erstad was. The 33-year-old hit .248/.310/.335 to finish with a sub-700 OPS for the third straight year and the fifth time in seven seasons. He gets a $250,000 buyout as he becomes a free agent.
White Sox declined outfielder Darin Erstad's $3.5 million club option for 2008. Some upgrade over Brian Anderson that Erstad was. The 33-year-old hit .248/.310/.335 to finish with a sub-700 OPS for the third straight year and the fifth time in seven seasons. He gets a $250,000 buyout as he becomes a free agent.
BREAKING NEWS!
Is EVERYBODY wid da tarrists dese days?
Even Republican Senators from South Carolina are jumping on the America-hating bandwagon.
"I don't think you have to have a lot of knowledge about the law to understand this technique violates" the Geneva Convention and other statutes, Graham said.
Since when is knowledge a requirement?
"I don't think you have to have a lot of knowledge about the law to understand this technique violates" the Geneva Convention and other statutes, Graham said.
Since when is knowledge a requirement?
today's fun fact
China is now the leading supplier of imported seafood to the US, accounting for 16 percent of all the fish we eat. But the FDA inspects only 2 percent of these imports. Of those it actually inspects, it rejects about 1 in 10 shipments.
More medical diagnoses
Kucinich questions mental health of President Bush
Lesse if dis one makes dat website from yesterday...
Lesse if dis one makes dat website from yesterday...
Dept. of Homeland Security now meeting with tarrists
A U.K. cabinet official, this is the second time Malik has been detained at an U.S. airport...
UK Muslim minister detained at airport
LONDON: UK's first Muslim minister, Shahid Malik on Monday said he was detained at an American airport and his luggage analysed for traces of explosive materials.
Malik, UK's international development minister, whose parents come from Pakistan, said he was returning to Heathrow on Sunday after a series of meetings on tackling terror, when he was stopped at Dulles Airport in Washington.
Expressing his disappointment, Malik said he was searched and detained by the Department of Homeland Security - the same department whose representatives he had been meeting on his visit to the country. Malik said: "After a few minutes a couple of other people were also taken to one side. We were all Muslims - the other two were black Muslims, both with Muslim names."
UK Muslim minister detained at airport
LONDON: UK's first Muslim minister, Shahid Malik on Monday said he was detained at an American airport and his luggage analysed for traces of explosive materials.
Malik, UK's international development minister, whose parents come from Pakistan, said he was returning to Heathrow on Sunday after a series of meetings on tackling terror, when he was stopped at Dulles Airport in Washington.
Expressing his disappointment, Malik said he was searched and detained by the Department of Homeland Security - the same department whose representatives he had been meeting on his visit to the country. Malik said: "After a few minutes a couple of other people were also taken to one side. We were all Muslims - the other two were black Muslims, both with Muslim names."
Recall Blago? (cont)
Recall? You said 'yes'
Reading the paper during lunch, apparently the people have voted to recall Blago, according to the Trib. They had some of the comments in the paper as well, though neither LoC contribution made it into the paper. Mebbe because they were listed as coming from San Diego and Romulus perhaps? All the contributors it looked like were local.
Reading the paper during lunch, apparently the people have voted to recall Blago, according to the Trib. They had some of the comments in the paper as well, though neither LoC contribution made it into the paper. Mebbe because they were listed as coming from San Diego and Romulus perhaps? All the contributors it looked like were local.
any other ideas?
QT Special:
News Item: Architect chosen to design the George W. Bush Presidential Library says the building must incorporate the "spirit" of the Bush presidency.
For starters, the building will need a huge facade. But what else?
Speaking of being totally phokked
Pound hits 26-year US dollar high
Dollar plumbs new low versus euro
So come on over Yurupeans! Low, low prices on everything! Flights! Hotels! Fashions! Gadgets! Course, there's just the one niggling issue when you get home...
Also remember that you are only allowed to bring £145 worth of shopping from the US into the UK.
Any more than that and you will have to pay import duty and VAT at the airport.
Dollar plumbs new low versus euro
So come on over Yurupeans! Low, low prices on everything! Flights! Hotels! Fashions! Gadgets! Course, there's just the one niggling issue when you get home...
Also remember that you are only allowed to bring £145 worth of shopping from the US into the UK.
Any more than that and you will have to pay import duty and VAT at the airport.
Can we step up to the plate?
And deliver? I mean, can we actually find something wrong, and then fix it? In time?
Iraqi dam 'at risk of collapse'
Iraqi dam 'at risk of collapse'
LoC broke dis story weeks ago...
Who wuz it? K-Mad? Smiff? Probably not Corms, but somebody...
Could transit 'neglect' cost Chicago the 2016 Olympics?
Could transit 'neglect' cost Chicago the 2016 Olympics?
Chicago may not have much of a mass transit system left when the 2016 Olympics are held, a U.S. congressman said at a hearing today in the Loop on the city's transportation needs to host the Games.
Monday, October 29, 2007
George Will? You guessed it: FULL@$#i+ (cont'd)
G-Dub continues to think everyone is a plutocratic, @$$hole gazillionaire like himself...
George Will Wants Those Lazy Seniors Off The Dole
"Sixty-five days from now, the first of 78 million baby boomers begun (sic) to retire. Most Americans who collect Social Security begin to collect it at age 62 [not true!], which is absurd. We have the public subsidizing increasingly long and comfortable retirement of people for a third to a half of their adult lifetime. Now. That’s why one in four voters in 2004 was over 60 years old. The elderly have the biggest stake in the welfare state, which exists to transfer wealth to them. So this is, politically, a loser."
Also, apparently math wasn't one of Mr. Smartypants top subjects at Princeton. The average age of a U.S. American is now about 80. So in Will's fantasy world where gazillionaires are cashing SS checks for 1/3 to 1/2 of their lives, they are living to be 106 to 120 years old. Also, while most people have worked during their lives, at 67 Will continues to sit on his pampered, Ivy League ass belching out this garbage on Sunday morning and his piece-o'-crap syndicated column and considers it "work." Another fun fact for Mr. FULL@$#i+: Social Security is something people have payed into their entire working lives. It is something they have earned while working, not a government handout. Transfer wealth? Does he even know where that money comes from? Again, most retirees are not rich phokks like George Will, and actually need SS to live on, which they already earned. To the pompous ass phokking phokk George Will: go phokk yerself.
George Will Wants Those Lazy Seniors Off The Dole
"Sixty-five days from now, the first of 78 million baby boomers begun (sic) to retire. Most Americans who collect Social Security begin to collect it at age 62 [not true!], which is absurd. We have the public subsidizing increasingly long and comfortable retirement of people for a third to a half of their adult lifetime. Now. That’s why one in four voters in 2004 was over 60 years old. The elderly have the biggest stake in the welfare state, which exists to transfer wealth to them. So this is, politically, a loser."
Also, apparently math wasn't one of Mr. Smartypants top subjects at Princeton. The average age of a U.S. American is now about 80. So in Will's fantasy world where gazillionaires are cashing SS checks for 1/3 to 1/2 of their lives, they are living to be 106 to 120 years old. Also, while most people have worked during their lives, at 67 Will continues to sit on his pampered, Ivy League ass belching out this garbage on Sunday morning and his piece-o'-crap syndicated column and considers it "work." Another fun fact for Mr. FULL@$#i+: Social Security is something people have payed into their entire working lives. It is something they have earned while working, not a government handout. Transfer wealth? Does he even know where that money comes from? Again, most retirees are not rich phokks like George Will, and actually need SS to live on, which they already earned. To the pompous ass phokking phokk George Will: go phokk yerself.
Rudy Giuliani HATES the Michigan Wolverines
Gotta agree with Rudy on dis one...
Rudy Giuliani, on his New York mayoral radio show in 1999, responding to a representative of ferret owners who called in to question the city's ferret ban:
"There is something really, really very sad about you. You need help. You need somebody to help you. This excessive concern with little weasels is a sickness. . . . You should go consult a psychologist or psychiatrist and have him help you with this excessive concern, how you are devoting your life to weasels. . . . Something has gone wrong with you. Your compulsion about it, your excessive concern with it is a sign of something wrong in your personality. . . . You have a sickness, and I know it's hard for you to accept that because you hang onto this sickness, and it's your shield, it's your whatever, I don't know. . . ."
The complete audio is at www.ferretlife.com
Rudy Giuliani, on his New York mayoral radio show in 1999, responding to a representative of ferret owners who called in to question the city's ferret ban:
"There is something really, really very sad about you. You need help. You need somebody to help you. This excessive concern with little weasels is a sickness. . . . You should go consult a psychologist or psychiatrist and have him help you with this excessive concern, how you are devoting your life to weasels. . . . Something has gone wrong with you. Your compulsion about it, your excessive concern with it is a sign of something wrong in your personality. . . . You have a sickness, and I know it's hard for you to accept that because you hang onto this sickness, and it's your shield, it's your whatever, I don't know. . . ."
The complete audio is at www.ferretlife.com
This explains...
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum's warning during Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week at www.terrorismawareness.org/islamo-fascism-awareness-week: "Islam, unlike Christianity, is an all-encompassing ideology. It is not just something you do on Sunday."
...why Sanscrotum and "Christians" like him are total @$$holes the other six days of the week.
...why Sanscrotum and "Christians" like him are total @$$holes the other six days of the week.
anudder reason to vote for da Elf
Obama and the Gay bashing, former Donnie McClurkin.
In another attempt to connect with people of faith in South Carolina, presidential hopeful Barack Obama has decided to reach out by going on a concert tour with gospel artists, including known homophobe and recloseted homosexual Donnie McClurkin.
In another attempt to connect with people of faith in South Carolina, presidential hopeful Barack Obama has decided to reach out by going on a concert tour with gospel artists, including known homophobe and recloseted homosexual Donnie McClurkin.
the smart money is on "DIE" (as usual)
(Crain’s) — This week is "do-or-die time" for Springfield legislators to pass a long-term funding program for public transit in Chicago, Mayor Richard M. Daley said Monday.
Andy Rooney: wrong on so many levels...
Andy's Love For Our National Pastime
Love? Hmmm... "I've never been much of a baseball fan myself."
"Every time I see a game on television, the manager is walking out on the field to butt in." That's one of the best parts of the game. Who doesn't like Lou Piniella acting like a complete idiot?
"most of the world doesn’t know baseball from ping pong?" That's just wrong.
But he's right on here: "Cricket is not played in many countries either of course but that's because cricket makes hopscotch seem exciting."
After you get done with that, check out Andy--are you ready for this?--complaining about the weather again...
What's Your Favorite Season?
How does Smiff get this job? Granted, Andy is probably good for another 20 years, but by that time i'll be approaching retirement and will need sumfing for my autumn years. Who is going to start the write-in campaign?
Love? Hmmm... "I've never been much of a baseball fan myself."
"Every time I see a game on television, the manager is walking out on the field to butt in." That's one of the best parts of the game. Who doesn't like Lou Piniella acting like a complete idiot?
"most of the world doesn’t know baseball from ping pong?" That's just wrong.
But he's right on here: "Cricket is not played in many countries either of course but that's because cricket makes hopscotch seem exciting."
After you get done with that, check out Andy--are you ready for this?--complaining about the weather again...
What's Your Favorite Season?
How does Smiff get this job? Granted, Andy is probably good for another 20 years, but by that time i'll be approaching retirement and will need sumfing for my autumn years. Who is going to start the write-in campaign?
Obama wanted for crime against humanity
"Obama will invest $150 billion over 10 years to advance the next generation of biofuels and fuel infrastructure..."
-- Obama website
"It is a crime against humanity to convert agricultural productive soil into soil which produces food stuff that will be burned into biofuel."
-- Jean (French phokk?) Ziegler (maybe not French phokk), UN Special Rapporteur (definitely French phokk) on the right to food
-- Obama website
"It is a crime against humanity to convert agricultural productive soil into soil which produces food stuff that will be burned into biofuel."
-- Jean (French phokk?) Ziegler (maybe not French phokk), UN Special Rapporteur (definitely French phokk) on the right to food
Cedric Benson rips Corms, Fung, Decker, udder idiot Bears' fanz
Following another sub par performance Sunday (sez you), Cedric Benson lashed out at critics.
"I've been hearing a lot of people criticize and talk stuff. They're not watching the games or the plays. They're just throwing out criticism. Do I need to run with more of a burst? No. And [expletive] [phokk?] them. So I guess I'm getting to the hole and walking through the hole, right."
I'm wif Sir Cedric on dis one, knowing the focus group that is talking stuff. You guys might want to spend more time watching the game and less time with your faces buried in a bag of Doritos...
"I've been hearing a lot of people criticize and talk stuff. They're not watching the games or the plays. They're just throwing out criticism. Do I need to run with more of a burst? No. And [expletive] [phokk?] them. So I guess I'm getting to the hole and walking through the hole, right."
I'm wif Sir Cedric on dis one, knowing the focus group that is talking stuff. You guys might want to spend more time watching the game and less time with your faces buried in a bag of Doritos...
Joe Biden going after the Smiff vote?
from politifact.com:
"The president is brain-dead."--Joe Biden on July 4th, 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa
Irresponsible claim (and wrong medical diagnosis)
"The president is brain-dead."--Joe Biden on July 4th, 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa
Irresponsible claim (and wrong medical diagnosis)
During a campaign stop in Iowa on July 4, the six-term senator declared, “This guy is brain-dead.”
It’s an extreme charge, since brain death is defined as “irreversible unconciousness with complete loss of brain function” (Encyclopedia of Death and Dying).
Needless to say, we find the charge ridiculous. There’s no evidence Biden performed the necessary medical tests to make such a diagnosis. We would have accepted the results of a cerebral blood flow study or proof that Biden had examined Bush to see if he had an oculocephalic reflex.
Indeed, even people who disagree with the president about Iraq and assorted other issues will acknowledge that the president has spontaneous respiration and is responding to stimuli.
how about dis instead?
Covering up idiots sitting around me with burlap sacks, especially people from Utah. While we're at it, could you wrap that Book of Mormon in a brown, paper bag? I am offended by fairy tales...
News Item: Utah liquor control commissioner proposes that restaurants be required to cover up bottles of liquor currently on display because some diners may be offended at the sight of liquor.
News Item: Utah liquor control commissioner proposes that restaurants be required to cover up bottles of liquor currently on display because some diners may be offended at the sight of liquor.
good news for end-timers looking for bad news (you know who you are) (K-Mad)
Seems a bit more pressing than climate change...
Where are the honey bees?
Where are the honey bees?
There’s some doubt as to whether Einstein ever actually said that if honey bees died out, mankind only had four years left to live. But no matter the authorship, the truth is that we are very dependent upon bees for our food product and agricultural industry. And bees are dying, at a dangerously fast pace. By some estimates, a full 1/3 of the bee population has died off, in a phenomenon known as “Colony Collapse Disorder“:
(A) mystery malady, dubbed “Colony Collapse Disorder,” is sweeping through the apiaries, leaving many hives almost completely devoid of adult bees, which appear to abandon their hives and disappear. Apiculturists are looking at a number of potential culprits, from bad weather to bad corn syrup to genetically modified corn to pesticides to miticides, and many suspect the problem is compounded by the presence of the varroa mite, which weakens colonies so that invading pathogens pack a particularly destructive punch. (Scientists suspect the 2005 die-off was exacerbated by a viral event.) While Miller’s bees have not, so far, been affected by the colony collapse, beekeepers in 24 states have reported losses as high as 80 and even 90 percent, and many of the afflicted bees have been in the almonds, rubbing shoulders with Miller’s relatively healthy ones.
60 Minutes’ Steve Kroft looks at the phenomenon with the apiarist credited for sounding the alarm, David Hackenberg. Full transcripts and video available at their website.
Oopsie!
Looks like Google's clocks went back an hour this weekend when they shouldn't have. All our posts/comments are happening earlier than in real life...
today's fun fact
The federal government is killing record numbers of warm-blooded animals, particularly carnivores, according to agency statistics compiled by Sinapu and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). In addition, the number of federally protected wolves killed has been steadily rising – up six-fold over the past decade – with nearly 300 wolves dispatched last year alone.
How is Bud Lite to blame?
The World Series sucked. I didn't see any of it, but I heard this was the case.
And now football season is already over (see: 'Cats [awful], Bears [awfuler], Huskies [awfulest]).
And now football season is already over (see: 'Cats [awful], Bears [awfuler], Huskies [awfulest]).
Recall Blago?
And while we're at it, can we put in a recall process for El Presidente?
Tell us what you think: Removing a governor
Tell us what you think: Removing a governor
Sunday, October 28, 2007
How Smitty Feels After Getting Griese and the NFL Players Assoc.
Smitty, after taking me out to the woodshed this week:
but was it as pathetic as this?
Decker loses to Smiff's team of ragtags...
NFL Players Assoc. 114.90
S#i+ Blowing Up 129.15
NFL Players Assoc. 114.90
S#i+ Blowing Up 129.15
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